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Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD SHORKEY AND ABNER RUSH, OF AUSTINTOWN, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,522, dated February 17, 1885.

Application filed November 20, 1%?4. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD SHORKEY and ABNER RUSH, of Austintown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Whip-Sockets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved safety whip-socket. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View taken transversely through the socket and the dash-rail to which it is secured. Fig.3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line x in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 y in Fig.

3. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of the upper holding-clamp, and Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view of the latter.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to whipsockets; and it has for its object, first, to provide a whipsocket with a simple and efficient locking device, for the purpose of preventing the removal of the whip when the vehicle to which the socket is attached is left standing and unattended secondly, to so construct the socket and to provide such means for its attachment to the dash-rail that when the whip is locked in position removal of the socket, with the whip, shall be rendered impossible without break- W'ith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A desighates the main body of our improved whipsocket, which consists, essentially, of a suitable cylindrical casing, which may be an openwork casting provided near its lower end with an interiorly-l ocated flat spring,B, which,when

. the whip is inserted, prevents it from rattling.

The sides of the socket are provided with a pair of parallel brackets or ears, 0 0 one of which has a socket, D, on its inner side, and the other of which, 0 is provided with an opening, E, through which passes one arm of a bail, F, the other or short arm of which, G,

is secured adjustably in a socket, H, sliding transversely in an opening, I, in the side of the whip-socket proper, and provided at its inner end with a curved clamp, J, adapted to bear against the side of the whip and hold the latter when inserted into the socket. The socket H, with its clamp J, is secured adjustably to the arm G by a screw, K, access to which may be had through an opening, L, in the opposite side of the body of the whipsocket, thereby enabling the said clampingsocket to be adjusted to fit the handles of whips of various dimensions.

The long arm M of the bail F is provided with a series of radially-extending studs,N N, adapted to register with notches O in the inner rims of a series of permutation-tumblers,

P P, placed upon the said arm, between the brackets or ears 0 and C and which, when placed in a line with each other and with the studs N upon the arm M, permit the latter to be partially Withdrawmthus moving the arm G,having the clamping-socket H, outwardly, thus permitting the whip to be inserted into or removed from the socket A, as may be desired.

In the socket D in the ear or bracket 0 is placed a coiled spring, Q, which, when the permutation-lock is opened by turning the tumblers, as described, serves to force the bail F in an outward direction by pressing against the inner end of the arm M of the said bail. 8 5 The outer edges or rims of the tumblers P P are of course to be provided with marks, adapted, by registering with a suitable index upon one of the ears or brackets, to indicate when the lock is open, and we also prefer, for the sake of convenience in operating, to provide the said tumblers with milled rims or edges.

The socket A is provided with a suitablylocated rearwardly-extending stud, R, having radial lugs or catchesS S, adapted to register with notches T T, extending radially from an opening, U, in the side of a recessed block,V, having a clamping -plate, W, by means of which it may be secured upon the dash-rail 10o essary to turn it until the catches S of the stud R register with the notches T in the block V.

This having been accomplished, the whipsocket is turned to a-vertical position and fastened by clamp, 0, connected around the dash-rail by means of screws D to cars E at thelower end of the said whipsocket. Til-elatter is provided at its lower end with a lug, F, which,by abutting against the side of the dash, prevents the socket from being turned in more than one direction,while in order to remove the whip-socket from the catch or block V it must be given a three-quarters turn in the. opposite direction before the catches S can be made to register with the notches T. While this can readily be done before the whip is placed into the socket, it will be seen that when the whip is in position it will, by striking against the vehicle-body, prevent the socket from being turned sufficiently to be removed; hence when the whip is secured in its socket by the looking device herein described, it also serves to prevent the removal of the whip-socket from the dash without breakage.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood.

The construction is simple and inexpensive, and of such a nature that the socket may be used with or without the application or use of the locking device, as may be desired.

This invention is subject to various modifications with regard to the construction of details; and we would therefore have it understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction herein shown, but reserve to ourselves the right to all such, modifications as may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States v 1. The combination, with a whip-socket having an opening in one side, in which slides a socket having a clamp at its inner end, and provided with forWardly-eXtending ears or lugs, of a'bail one arm of which is adjustale inthe said ears or lugs,and provided with fituds engaging a series of permutation-tumblers mounted upon the same, and the other socket of the sliding clamp, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the whip-socket'having forwardly-extending ears or brackets, the bail having one arm adjustable in the same, the permutation tumblers arranged to lock the said bail in position, a socket sliding in an opening in one side of the whip-socket and having a clamping-plate at its inner end, and ascrew inserted from the inside and accessisoeket, and serving to secure the said clamping-socket adjustably to the inner or short arm of the locking-bail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A whip-socket provided with means for locking the whip in position in the same, and provided with a downwardlyextending stud at its lower end, a rearwardly-extending stud having radial lugs or catches near its upper end, and perforated ears near its lower end, in combination with a clamping device for securing it to the dash-rail of a vehicle, the same consisting of a recessed block having radial notches, a plate secured to the same by means of a hook at one end and a screw inserted from the inner side of the other, and a plate adapted to be secured by screws to the perforated ears at the lower end of the whip socket, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWVARD SHORKEY. ABNER RUSH.

Witnesses: V

CHARLES PoLLoo J. H. FITCIL.

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